2025 House Bill 4656

Transportation: other; road construction projects that shut down all lanes of a road; prohibit.

A bill to amend 1917 PA 165, entitled “An act to authorize highway officials to close roads under construction, improvement or repair, or any portion of a highway whereon a bridge is being constructed or repaired; to require such officials to place in good repair and to mark by proper signs suitable detours around roads, or portions of roads, which are closed hereunder; to provide suitable barriers, and lights shall be maintained at the end of such roads or portions of roads which are thus closed and at the intersections thereof with other roads; to require the removal of signs and barriers located and placed hereunder; and to provide a penalty for a violation of the provisions hereof,” by amending section 1 (MCL 247.291), as amended by 2023 PA 164.

Introduced in the House

June 17, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Joseph Pavlov (R-64) and five co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Greg Markkanen (R-110), Brad Paquette (R-37), Kathy Schmaltz (R-46), Alicia St. Germaine (R-62) and Jamie Thompson (R-28)

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure